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Carolina and Missouri, small semipedal, leaves 

 short uncial, peduncles biuncial flowers small, 

 petals shorter than caljx, pods brown. The 

 Cr. parviflora Thunberg, miscalled parvifolia 

 by Persoon is African and has ovate tomentose 

 leaves. Annual estival, some Var. 1 Simplex 

 leaves mostly oblong, in Pine Woods, 2 flexu- 

 osa lower leaves oblong obtuse, upper narrow 

 lanceolate, Missouri. Formerly this was called 

 C. sagttalis, and Beck, Torrey, Eaton . . . 

 make 2 sp. of it, without any distinction ! 



349. CROT. or loc. CUNEIFOLIA Raf. Purshi 

 Dec. levigata ? Pursh. sagittalis Elliot. Smooth 

 erect, leaves cuneate oblong mucronate glau- 

 cous beneath, upper leaves ciliolate, stipules 

 lanceolate divaricate decurrent, peduncles short 

 2-3fl. pubescent, bracts and calix lanceolate 

 Carolina to Florida, sent me as Cr. sagittalis, 

 probably blended with the next by Elliot, leaves 

 biuncial quite cuneate at base, stipules broad, 

 flowers small. 



350. CROT. or loc. LUNULATA Raf. sagittalis 

 var. oblonga MX. stem assurgent pilose ramose, 

 leaves subpetiolate nearly smooth elliptic or 

 .ovatoblong obtuse cuspidate glaucous beneath 

 ciliolate, stipules lunulate lanceol. decurrent 

 ciliate, peduncles short l-2flore, bracts and ca- 

 lix lanceolate pilose, pod uncinate. Carolina 

 to Florida, my specimen from W. Florida, 

 large plant sesquipedal, branches erect, leaves 

 uncial, flowers small, peduncles biuncial, pods 

 brown uncial oblong, with a hooked acumen. 

 Stipules quite crescent shaped, very distinct sp. 

 probably perennial like the next. 



351. CROT. or loc. ovalis. P. El. &c stem 

 pilose prostrate, branches angular erect not 

 winged, leaves ovate or obovate or elliptic 



